Project Gutenberg 2006-09-28 Public domain in the USA. 85 Standish, Burt L. 1866 1945 Patten, Gilbert Patten, William Gilbert Wilder, William West Wilder, William W. (William West) Patten, George William Patten, William G. (William Gilbert) Frank Merriwell's Reward Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Frank Merriwell's Reward" by Burt L. Standish is a novel written in the late 19th century." The story revolves around Frank Merriwell, a character known for his athletic prowess and bravery, as he navigates a series of adventurous events with his friends. The novel opens with an action-packed scene involving a runaway automobile, setting the stage for Merriwell's heroic tendencies. "At the start of the story, readers are introduced to Frank and his friends as they encounter a runaway electric hansom causing chaos in the street." Frank steps in to manage the vehicle, showcasing his quick thinking and bravery. Following this incident, a subplot unfolds involving Dunstan Kirk, who is in pursuit of a suspect named Morton Agnew, further complicating the narrative. As the friends discuss various matters, including the troubled pitcher Buck Badger and a forthcoming baseball game, tensions arise related to loyalty and personal preferences that hint at deeper character developments and conflicts to come. The opening highlights Merriwell's leadership qualities, sets up a sports backdrop, and introduces elements of camaraderie and rivalry among the young men, which are likely to be pivotal throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en College students -- Juvenile fiction Yale University -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Teaching & Education Browsing: Fiction 426782 426791 2024-09-08T12:03:45.436836 2023-09-09T04:21:12.528518 text/html text/html 429639 2006-09-28T15:10:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 154442 2006-09-28T15:10:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 209754 2024-09-08T12:03:52.880834 application/epub+zip 215441 2024-09-08T12:03:47.164870 application/epub+zip 215441 2024-09-08T12:03:46.167853 application/epub+zip 412692 2024-09-08T12:03:56.995795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399091 2024-09-08T12:03:52.138797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399343 2022-09-09T09:16:37.457281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404976 404887 2024-09-08T12:03:44.035865 2023-09-09T04:21:11.281532 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 404839 2006-09-28T15:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150540 2006-09-28T15:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19186 2024-09-08T12:03:57.132789 application/rdf+xml 15325 2024-09-08T12:03:46.526832 image/jpeg 4201 2024-09-08T12:03:46.346842 image/jpeg 206627 2024-09-08T12:03:45.473882 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia